1 Where does the novel primary take place? The Palace The mental hospital San Francisco Jan Gay's house 2 Who is Jan Gay's partner? Nadia Zhenya Emma Goldman Juan 3 Where did Juan and nene meet? The Sex Variants study Through friends The mental institution A gay bar 4 Juan recounts the entire plot of an epic poem by which of the following poets to nene? Robert Browning Robert Lowell Petrarch Homer 5 What year was homosexuality removed from the DSM? 1950 1974 1962 2000 6 What "syndrome" was Juan brought to the mental hospital for? Puerto Rican Syndrome Homosexuality Depression Munchausen Syndrome 7 What is the name of the form when you ink out parts of an existing text? Blackout or erasure poetry Experimental prose Sonnet Plagiarism 8 What structures the present day action of the novel? A memory of a single day A wedding A conversation A romance 9 What does nene do when Juan's body is taken out of the hospital? Look at his books Leave in the opposite direction Sit down and start writing the book Follow him out weeping 10 Which test does nene make a blackout poem from? The Mental Wellness Test The Citizenship Test The Eye Exam The Masculinity-Femininity Test 11 Where does nene go after Juan dies? Home to San Francisco Back east through the desert France West to Los Angeles 12 Who was Jan Gay's first crush? Her teacher Emma Goldman Juan The researcher she co-authored with 13 How long did Juan and nene know each other earlier in their lives? Three months 1 day 18 days Five years 14 What kind of doctor was Jan Gay's father? Gynecologist Psychologist Family Doctor Optometrist 15 What did Jan need in order to publish her research? Money The endorsement of a male doctor A strong thesis A dozen more participants 16 What famous artist lived with the Gays at one point? Edward Hopper Frida Kahlo Andy Warhol John Singer Sargent 17 What term does nene discover by Anna Freud? The subconscious The id Chronic loser Psychosexual desire 18 What item did nene think to be a precious gift from Juan? A suit The blacked out copy of Sex Variants Cross necklace Diamond ring 19 What is the name of Juan's "film" that he describes to nene? Last Days at the Palace Studies in Homosexuality The Opening of a Door Going the Distance 20 Who ends up the named author of Sex Variants? Thomas Dickinson Jan and Zhenya Gay DW Winnicott George Henry 21 What came to be the name of the place where the sex variant studies were conducted? The Factory The Castle The Palace of Observation The Talking Center 22 What job do nene and Liam take together at the start of their relationship? Advertising models Elderly caretakers Fermhands Grocery store clerks 23 How does nene metaphorize death? Slipping below the surface Going into the sun Falling over the edge Fading to the black 24 How did young Jan keep up with her father? Letter correspondence Updates passed on from her mother Long phone calls every week Stories of him in the newspaper 25 What was nene describing when he met Juan for the first time at the psychiatric hospital? The dryness of the desert A grey photo of an old couple in a room full of cats His experience during the flood A big band on the sidewalk